It's Your Week. Let's say goodbye to 2021.
In this year's last edition, we're looking back at the breadth of storytelling produced in 2021 — and what they meant to the reporters, photographers and editors who worked on them.
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From Surfside to high-profile trials, we remember the huge news events that defined the year. But which stories were most memorable for the Paste BN journalists who reported them?
We asked.
For operations editor Thuan Le Elston, it was her first-person narrative on the fall of Saigon, and how the fall of Kabul was a feeling of anguish that was all too familiar. "Their nation's capital has fallen, and now they fear losing everything to a deadly enemy."
For Money reporters Craig Harris and Nathan Bomey, it was their investigation into Elio Motors and the perplexing tale of a three-wheeled car that never arrived. What they found is that after eight years and $28 million in deposits, not a single Elio vehicle had been produced.
On the 20th anniversary of 9/11, security reporter Josh Meyer published a first-person account of his two-decade hunt for the truth in the case of the U.S. government vs. the self-confessed mastermind of the worst terrorist attack in history.
And sometimes our reporting was out of this world, literally. Graphics editor George Petras volunteered to write a story on Mars' sites that were named after an author and engineer after hearing folks get choked up during a news conference. Here's why you should know them too.
A story that meant a lot to congressional reporter Savannah Behrmann was her reporting on the aftermath of Jan. 6, and the underlying question on nearly everyone's mind: How much worse does it get?
Some good came out of this year, too.
While cases of vaccinated individuals contracting omicron appear troubling, experts are generally optimistic that vaccines will continue to provide protection against the COVID-19 variant, as Elizabeth Weise and Karen Weintraub report.
Weintraub also offered readers a look into a groundbreaking pig kidney transplant that offers hope that animals may help solve the human organ shortage.
At the Tokyo Olympics this summer, the world watched as women athletes like Simone Biles prioritize mental health and reject sexist policies. Read Alia E. Dastagir's analysis.
Just the headlines
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- Long reads: The Paste BN stories readers spent the most time with in 2021.
- Reflecting on the year? Here are some of Paste BN's most-read stories.
- Stories of the Year: A look back at the biggest moments of 2021.
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From all of us at Paste BN, see you next year!